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Priest's Grotto (Ukrainian: Озерна, lit. 'lake') also known as Ozerna or Blue Lakes Cave , is a cave in western Ukraine near the village of Strilkivtsi , Chortkiv Raion , Ternopil Oblast (Province) .
In 1993, NYPD officer and caving enthusiast Chris Nicola visited Ukraine to explore the Verteba and Priest's Grotto caves, and found evidence that they had recently been inhabited by humans.
American documentary filmmaker Janet Tobias in her film No Place on Earth described the life of Jews who were hiding in the Verteba and Priest's Grotto caves. [13] Staged scenes, however, were not filmed in Ukraine, but instead in Hungary, in a similar cave. [14] Filming in Priest's Grotto would require much time and money.
The cave is located very close to the Priest's Grotto or Ozerna Cave, the eleventh-longest cave in the world at 130.4 km (81.0 mi), but the two caves have not yet been found to be connected. [1] In 2008, the cave was recognized as a Natural Wonder of Ukraine. [8]
Strilkivtsi (Ukrainian: Стрілківці, Polish: Strzałkowce), a village in Ukraine, is located on the Nichlava river, within Chortkiv Raion of Ternopil Oblast. It belongs to Borshchiv urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. [1] There is a cave Priest's Grotto near the village.
Dozens of Jews survived the Holocaust by hiding in Priest's Grotto, a natural cave near Strilkivtsi. [6] On 18 July 2020, Borshchiv Raion was merged into Chortkiv Raion as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, which reduced the number of raions of Ternopil Oblast to three. [1]
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Bilche-Zolote (Ukrainian: Більче-Золоте Bil'che Zolote; Polish: Bilcze Złote; Hebrew: בילצ'ה זלוטה, romanized: Vilche Zlote) is a Ukrainian village located within the Chortkiv Raion (district) of the Ternopil Oblast (province), about 460 kilometers (290 mi) driving distance southwest of Kyiv.